Marion County School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 4600

Performance Index: 3.0
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.0
Accreditation Level: 3
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 14,829 2,573,216
White 70.71% 63.46%
Black 28.76% 35.59%
Asian 0.03% 0.49%
Native American 0.40% 0.11%
Other 0.10% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 2,980 503,602
White 55.50% 47.83%
Black 44.50% 51.11%
Asian 0.00% 0.56%
Native American 0.00% 0.15%
Other 0.00% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 42.3% 131
ITBS Grade 5 34.0% 90
ITBS Grade 6 21.7% 80
ITBS Grade 7 26.4% 79
ITBS Grade 8 19.4% 64
TAP Grade 9 28.4% 78
FLE Composite 37.0% 128



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 97.35% 96.59% 41
% Eligible for Free Lunch 71.31% 54.31% 105
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 87.50 73.14 38
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 14.70 16.12 24
Number of Dropouts 64 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 27.51% 34.11% 112
% Emergency Certificates 3.65% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 6.83 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 9.29% 6.10% 28
% Special Education Students 15.58% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 0.00% 16.75% 94
Federal Special Education Budget $189,113 $27,865,463 51
State/Local Special Education Bud. $1,006,242 $144,008,806 48
Number of Vocational Teachers 19.83 1,594.21 16
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 95.98% 55.74% 40
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 83.72% 63.76% 38
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $4,304 $4,402 86
% State and Local Revenue 83.4% 86.4% 98
% Federal Revenue 16.6% 13.6% 56
% District Administration Expend. 2.91% 3.19% 49
Valuation per Student in ADA $13,220 $22,702 83
Total Title I Budget $940,263 $120,933,951 49
% Used for Classroom Instruction 70.33% 71.88% 99
Number of Eligible Children 3,016 232,567 12
% of Eligible Children Served 100.00% 95.56% 1
Number of Title I Schools 3 678 83
Number of AP Courses Offered 2 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 1.84% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 74.33% 73.18% 79
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 18.2 19.7 103
IHL (% ACT Core) 26.8% 41.0% 130



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 40.8 45.7 102
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 41.4 47.7 135
ITBS Grade 4 Math 41.2 48.9 136
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 44.6 44.7 65
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 44.9 47.5 96
ITBS Grade 5 Math 44.7 47.4 90
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 47.0 48.2 75
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 48.4 49.0 76
ITBS Grade 6 Math 47.8 49.4 88
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 45.3 46.2 77
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 46.8 48.9 93
ITBS Grade 7 Math 44.1 46.6 90
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 48.5 49.9 82
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 50.6 49.4 51
ITBS Grade 8 Math 45.8 46.4 78
TAP Grade 9 Read. 43.5 45.2 81
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 45.5 48.9 111
TAP Grade 9 Math 45.5 44.7 64
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 457.6 473.7 96
P.A. Grade 4 Math 424.8 459.1 123
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 471.0 472.7 70
P.A. Grade 5 Math 426.9 445.9 96
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 476.5 471.5 61
P.A. Grade 6 Math 444.0 457.2 98
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 451.0 460.4 90
P.A. Grade 7 Math 439.0 445.2 79
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 468.4 463.8 69
P.A. Grade 8 Math 424.8 434.3 89
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 450.4 461.3 96
P.A. Grade 9 Math 424.6 432.3 88
FLE Reading 265.6 273.2 131
FLE Math 261.0 272.1 134
FLE Written Comm. 261.9 268.4 140

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